1875 - 3189 OLD and RARE BOOKS
- Partly waterstained in upper blank margin, not affecting text. Backstrip sunned; covers sl. rubbed.
= Contains a speech by the English minister John Newton (1725-1807) as held before an audience of commoners in his own London parish, which includes an annexe in which the Slave-trade on the African coast by the Dutch is being criticized, followed by a report by Alexander Falconbridge, formerly a doctor aboard a Dutch slave-trader. Slavery was abolished in Great Britain in 1834 and in the Netherlands in 1863. Rare.
- First 3 textlvs. w. holes and w. waterstain in outer margin.
= I.a. Buyten-, eensaem huys-, somer- en winter-leven (...); Gesangen van heylige en godvruchtige stoffe; Eybergsche Sang-lust mitsgaders vreugd- en liefdesangen; Christelyke Doods-betrachting, bestaende in verscheyde Sterf-Gesangen en doods-echt-scheydinge; Lyk-reden aen de gemeente J.C. t'Eybergen and Lofsang der heylige maegd Maria en triumferende Christus.
- Sl. foxed. Bindings sl. rubbed; corners bumped.
Guarini, (B.). Le Berger Fidelle. Cologne, P. du Marteau (= Leyden, F. Hackius), 1671, (24),573p., woodcut printer's mark, 5 plates by A. BLOOTELING, contemp. overlapping vellum, 12mo.
- Lacks frontisp.; 4 plates partly sl. crudely handcol. = Parallel French and Italian text.
- Endpapers loose; occas. sl. stained.
= Cat. Scheurleer II, p.238; Scheurleer, Ned. Liedboeken p.38.
- Lacks final 2 lvs. (the index); title-p. fingersoiled, frayed and sl. dam. (partly lacks lower margin w. publ. name); leaf 9 lacks lower outer corner w. some loss of text. Binding worn and darkened.
= Very rare edition of this Dutch songbook. Scheurleer, Nederlandsche Liedboeken, p.132; Scheurleer II, p.63. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXXII.
- Bookblock cut sl. short; sl. fingersoiled. Professionally rebacked.
= Scheurleer 186; Waller 1090; Welsh 3181; Bondy p.29. The second part is titled "'t Groot Hoorns, Enkhuyzer, Alkmaarder, Edammer en Purmerender Lied-Boek".
- Publisher's address cut off from engr. title-p. Otherwise fine. = Scheurleer p.40.
BOUND WITH: Idem. Uytbreyding over de Psalmen des Propheten Davids. Na de Fransche dicht-mate van C. Marot, en T. de Beze. Ibid., idem, 1694, without pagination, woodcut title-vignette, scores.
= Scheurleer p.42.
AND a sl. incomplete copy of D. WILLINK, Bloemkrans van Christelyke liefde- en zeededichten. Nevens eenige Christelyke gezangen (Amst., 1714, 1st ed., 2 parts in 1 vol., engr. frontisp., title-vignette and 8 emblematical engr. plates., contemp. gilt vellum. Lacks 1 textleaf; contents loose(ning); vellum soiled).
- Bookblock shaken; sl. wormholed in lower part towards end. Vellum soiled.
= Scheurleur 79; cf. Waller 1098 and 1099 (later eds.).
- Final leaf of vol.1 (p.175) added from another copy; occas. (sl.) foxed; one stanza crossed out in vol.3 (p.48); extensive contemp. owner's entry on verso of frontisp. of first vol. monogrammed "J.G.[?]". Bindings partly restored: backstrip of 5 vols. renewed; vol. 6 rebound with use of former leather over covers; leather of 5 vols. dried and brittle and hinges strengthened.
= Rare set of over 450 comic, serious and bawdy songs, i.a. songs by G.F. Händel, H. Purcell, J.C. Pepusch, Th. Ravenscroft, Mr Galliard and Mr. Leveridge. The words are i.a. by John Gay, Alexander Pope and Shakespeare. RISM Recueils p.247.
- Used copy; partly waterst.; upper hinge strengthened w. cloth tape. Vellum wrinkled and sl. stained/ soiled.
= Scheurleer p.53.
- Fold. general map w. some (closed) tears and sl. waterst.; occas. trifle foxed. Rebacked w. sl. later calf; corners bumped. Good/ fine complete copy.
= Landwehr, VOC 583; Tiele 606; Mendelssohn I, p.843-844. Dealing with all aspects of life at the Cape, incl. flora and fauna, geography etc. Also contains an accurate description of the life and culture of the indigenous Hottentots. The first edition was published in Nuremberg, 1719. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXXI.
- Partly (sl.) foxed; bookplate on upper pastedown. Spine-ends worn.
= " (...) Dit gaf aanleiding, en moedigde mij aan, om mijne landgenooten ook bekend te maken met den tegenwoordigen toestand des Christendoms in Zuid-Afrika, ten einde hen te doen zien, welke vorderingen men reeds in de voortplanting en verspreiding der Christelijke leere, vooral in de laatste jaren, in dat gedeelte der wereld gemaakt heeft, waar de onbeschaafden en onkundigsten onzer medemenschen gevonden worden." (p.III). On J. Campbell see Mendelssohn I, p.254.
- Vellum stained; dam. spots on backstrip.
= The work chronicles the conversion, apostasy and expulsion of the Moors from Valencia, as well as their expulsion from Castile, Catalonia and Aragon. Fonseca was a Portuguese Dominican living in Valencia sent to Rome to influence opinion in favor of the expulsion. The first edition was printed in Italian in Rome. Palau 93191.
- Upper hinge broken; pastedowns detached; waterstain in upper margin at the beginning. Binding rubbed.
= Very rare work by this contemporary and acquaintance of Spinoza, first published 1684. W. Klever, Mannen rond Spinoza (1650-1700) p.189f ("(...) uniek document uit de geschiedenis van het Spinozisme in de zeventiende eeuw (...)").
- Occas. sl. yellowed (esp. first 10 leaves); lacks the 4 pages at the end with laudatory poems. Rebacked w. vellum; covers duststained.
BOUND WITH: Huët, D.T. Inhuldiging van Zijne Doorluchtige Hoogheid Willem Karel Hendrik Friso, Prins van Oranje en Nassau, enz. enz. enz. (...) als erf-heer van Vlissingen, op den Vden Junij MDCCLI. Ibid., idem, 1753, (22),73,(1)p., engr. frontisp., portrait, 8 (fold./ double-p.) plates, 2 ills.
- Occas. sl. yellowed, mainly in blank margins.
= Landwehr, Splendid Ceremonies 227 and 228; Kat. Orn. Berl. 2967 and 2968; Lipperheide Sd 31; Vinet 642; Lotz, Feuerwerk p.105.
- Portion of lower left blank corner of final plate torn off. Binding sl. worn/ rubbed along extremities.
= Landwehr, Splendid Ceremonies 231; F.M. 4032; Atlas van Stolk V, 4033. A spectacular and rare CONTEMPORARY HANDCOLOURED COPY, heightened w. gold, printed on thick paper. Warranted by the publisher. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXXIII.
BOUND AFTER: Afbeelding van de zaal en 't Praalbed Waar op het Lyk van Zijne Doorluchtige Hoogheid den Heere Willem Karel Hendrik Friso, Prinse van Oranje en Nassau (...) gedurende verscheide dagen, in de maanden november en december des jaars MDCCLI, ten toon is gesteld geweest (...). Amst., F. Changuion, 1752, (8)p., woodcut printer's mark, 1 double-p. engr. plan, 3 CONTEMP. HANDCOLOURED double-p. engravings heightened w. gold.
= Landwehr, Splendid Ceremonies 230; F.M. 4027; Atlas van Stolk V, 4027; Lipperheide Sd 33f; Cohen/ De Ricci 829f. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXXIII.
AND BOUND AFTER: Tanjé, P. (1706-1761). "Willem Carel Hendrik, Friso. Prince van Oranje en Nassau". CONTEMP. HANDCOLOURED engr. portrait heightened w. gold, 36,2x25,2 cm., w. engr. caption and central contemp. handcol. coat of arms heightened w. gold below image (sl. foxed in lower blank margin). - WITH LOOSELY INSERTED: Ordre van Lykstatie van Zyne Hoogheid onsterfelyker memorie. Benevens De Orders en Instructien belangende het beleid van de Begraaffenisse in het voorkomen van Inconvenienten in dezelve (...). The Hague/ Amst., P. Gosse/ I. Tirion, 1752, (2),18p., without wrappers, folio. - AND LOOSELY INSERTED: Tanjé, P. (1706-1761). "Willem Carel Hendrik Friso Erfstadhouder der Vereenigde Nederlanden enz." Engr. portrait after G. SANDERS, 21,8x17,5 cm., w. engr. address "Societ. Bibliopol. Rotterod., Excudit" and "G. Sanders delin." and "P. Tanjé fecit, Amst., 1750" engr. below image, printed in blue.
- Large plate w. 3 sm. tears in blank margin, unobtrusively repaired on verso w. paper tape. Covers sl. chafed; edges worn; spine-ends dam.
= Landwehr, Splendid Ceremonies 209.
- Occas. yellowed/ browned; annot. on title-p. and first free endpaper; bookplate on upper pastedown. Vague white stains on frontcover.
= Rare.
AND a devotional work (lacks one leaf): EPISTELN UND EVANGELIA (Nürnberg, n.d. (18th cent.), contemp. blindst. calf w. catches, 12mo. Lacks at least one leaf and clasps; backstrip dam.).
- Sl. yellowed; occas. sl. foxed/ browned (incl. the plates). Backstrips sl. dried/ rubbed. A good/ fine set.
= With loosely inserted engr. portr. of the author. Lipperheide Ma9; Landwehr, Dutch Books w. Col. Plates 447/448. "The first treatise on geographical anthropology" (Landwehr). A German translation was published 1805-1809. The fine, delicately handcol. plates, all depict ethnic types, engraved by L. Portman after Jacques Kuyper. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXXII.
- Occas. sl. foxed (incl. the plates). Bindings worn.
= Lipperheide Ma9. Landwehr, Dutch Books w. Col. Plates 447/448. "The first treatise on geographical anthropology" (Landwehr). A German transl. was published 1805-1809. The fine, delicately handcol. plates, all depicting ethnic types, engraved by L. Portman after Jacques Kuyper.